Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Noise

Heidi Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to ensure that the level of regulation applied to fracking sites on the permanent monitoring of noise emissions applies also to (a) the wind industry, (b) wind turbines and (c) all wind farm sites; and if he will make a statement.

Claire Perry: Planning authorities are responsible for applying and enforcing any conditions attached to the planning permission for a fracking or wind turbine development, and this must be assessed on a case-by-case basis. This may include monitoring of noise levels.

Self-employed: Nottinghamshire

Ben Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the self-employed in Nottinghamshire.

Kelly Tolhurst: Our Industrial Strategy sets out a long-term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK. To support this, we have a network of 38 Growth Hubs across the UK. The D2N2 Growth Hub, which serves the Nottinghamshire area is led and governed by the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). D2N2 Growth Hub provides a local single point of contact for all businesses, no matter their size or sector, to access business advice from across the public and private sectors, at a local and national level. In October 2018, the D2N2 LEP self-reported that the D2N2 Growth Hub has supported 6,770 businesses and helped 1,231 individuals start a business since its launch in 2014, of those individuals 281 were from Nottinghamshire and 350 from Nottingham City. The Government-owned British Business Bank offers start-up loans to entrepreneurs wishing to start a business. From launch of the programme in 2012 to 30 September 2018, a total of 361 start-up loans with a value of £2 million were advanced to businesses inNottingham City. The equivalent figures for Nottinghamshire are 457 loans with a value of £3.5 million.

Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme

David Hanson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his letter of 25 September 2018 to the right hon. Member for Delyn on Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme, when he plans to provide an update.

Kelly Tolhurst: BEIS officials have continued to receive information on this matter from the rt. hon. Member’s constituent, and from RBS. I will write to the rt. hon. Member shortly with a further update.

Minimum Wage: Apprentices

Emma Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the equity of the minimum wage for apprentices.

Kelly Tolhurst: The Government asks the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to recommend the Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage such that it increases pay of the lowest paid apprentices without damaging their employment prospects. In April 2019, the Apprentice National Minimum Wage will increase to £3.90 an hour, from £3.70. This increase, of 5.4%, will be the largest across all the minimum wage rates rises in 2019. The LPC are currently conducting a review of the minimum wage youth rates and the apprenticeship rate structure. They are due to provide advice on this matter to Government in Spring 2019.

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Smart Data Communications Company

Dr Alan Whitehead: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria were used by his Department to determine the level of the (a) margin on internal costs and (b) bonus awarded in the contract with Data Communication Company for work on the Interim Centralised Registration Service.

Claire Perry: This is a matter for Ofgem. I have asked Ofgem to write directly to the Honourable Member and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Energy: Meters

Dr Alan Whitehead: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMETS 2 pre-payment meters have been installed.

Dr Alan Whitehead: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of SMETS 2 prepayment meters that will have been installed by the end date for the installment of SMETS 1 prepayment meters.

Claire Perry: The Smart Metering Equipment Technical Specification (SMETS) requires that all meters are able to switch remotely from credit to pre-payment mode (and vice versa). As of 18 December 2018, industry information showed there were over 220,000 SMETS2 meters connected to the national smart metering communications network. We expect the number of SMETS2 meters to continue to ramp up as energy suppliers continue their transitions from SMETS1 to SMETS2 meters.

Energy: Meters

Dr Alan Whitehead: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to tackle the effect of noise pollution from SMETS 2 meters on the readability by Arquiva communications systems.

Dr Alan Whitehead: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the increase the noise threshold for SMETS 2 metres from 7 decibels to 17 decibels on the readability of such metres by the Arquiva communications system.

Claire Perry: The national smart metering network is open and available for energy suppliers to install SMETS2 meters, including in the North Region where the Arqiva communications network is in place to facilitate smart metering communications. There are requirements in place on electricity suppliers to limit radio frequency interference of the smart electricity meters they install. The Data Communications Company has assessed that the smart electricity meters being installed in line with these requirements will not impact the ability for smart meters to be read remotely over its communications systems.

Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning

Dr Alan Whitehead: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on the costs of decommissioning and (b) future use of land of the proposals made by David Peattie, chief executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to halt decommissioning of nuclear plants once concrete remains of old nuclear plants have been declared safe.

Richard Harrington: We consulted on proposals to amend the regulatory framework that applies in the final stages of nuclear decommissioning and clean-up, when the focus is on land remediation, rather than nuclear safety. These proposals would result in environmental improvements and significant savings for the tax payer – estimated as £400 million (net present value) over 17 years and over £2 billion over the next 100 years, as the Sellafield site is cleaned up. Following the consultation on these proposals, it is the Government’s intention to introduce legislation when Parliamentary time allows. In terms of future use of land proposals for sites of decommissioned power stations, the level of clean-up of a site to facilitate any future use is dependent on both the nature of the on-surface and subsurface structures. Under the proposals, the land will be available for re-use earlier, although it will remain under regulation by the relevant environment agency until it can be released for unrestricted use, which could take many decades.

Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning

Dr Alan Whitehead: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his Department's policy to complete the decommissioning of nuclear power stations by returning the condition of the site to that of before the building of the plant.

Richard Harrington: The overall objective of decommissioning is to remove the hazards that a nuclear site possesses, giving due regard to security considerations, the safety of workers and the general public whilst also protecting the environment. Government consulted on amending the regulatory framework that applies to the final stages of nuclear decommissioning and set out its intention to legislate when Parliamentary time allows.Under these proposals, site operators will be obliged to meet stringent conditions before the office for Nuclear Regulation will allow them to surrender the nuclear licence. After this point the site will remain under regulation by the relevant environment agency and Health and Safety Executive. Further clean-up will be regulated in the same way as for any industrial sites; site operators will be obliged to consult with local authorities and local stakeholders to decide the next use of the site and to carry out clean-up as appropriate for this next use. Several nuclear power stations were constructed on the sites of existing industrial use including former munitions factories and have now been restored to an improved condition following the decommissioning of the stations.

Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers

Andy Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,  with reference to the January 2017 enforcement notice issued by Peterborough Trading Standards, what steps the Office for Product Safety and Standards has taken to ensure that Whirlpool (a) identifies and (b) repairs the estimated one million fire-risk dryers in homes.

Kelly Tolhurst: The Office for Product Safety and Standards is undertaking a review of the actions taken by Whirlpool in relation to its modification programme and we will report to the House in due course.

Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers

Andy Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the incidence of Whirlpool tumble dryer modifications being deployed incorrectly in machines manufactured (a) between April 2004 and September 2015 and (b) machines manufactured after September 2015.

Kelly Tolhurst: The Office for Product Safety and Standards is undertaking a review of the actions taken by Whirlpool in relation to its modification programme and we will report to the House in due course.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Israel: Palestinians

Paul Masterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on the prospects for a negotiated two-state solution of the recent increase in shooting attacks by alleged Palestinian terrorists in Israel and the West Bank.

Alistair Burt: ​We are gravely concerned by the ongoing and increasing violence in the West Bank. We condemn the recent terrorist attacks in the Old City of Jerusalem and in the West Bank. Continued incitement against Israel by Hamas and other actors is unacceptable. The Government is committed to making progress towards a two-state solution, and we will continue to press the parties to refrain from actions that make peace more difficult.

Department for Education

Teachers: Pensions

Mr William Wragg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he had with the education sector before deciding the quantum of uplift in Teachers' Pension Scheme contributions.

Mr William Wragg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of increases in contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme on the number of pupils transferring into the state sector from independent schools due to the closure of independent schools.

Mr William Wragg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the affordability of the forthcoming increase in contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme for (a) state-maintained schools, (b) independent institutions and (c) further education colleges and universities.

Mr William Wragg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the forthcoming increase in employers' contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme on school budgets.

Mr William Wragg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the increase in employers' pension contributions on (a) the viability of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and (b) the number of institutions participating in that scheme.

Mr William Wragg: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with (a) school leaders, (b) university vice-chancellors and (c) other educational providers on how their institutions will fund the increase in the employers' contribution to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

Nick Gibb: Department officials have discussed the changes to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with all education trade unions and a number of employer representatives. Discussions with these groups will continue through the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Advisory Board. The Department is also launching a consultation in early 2019 to seek views on the impact of the changes to employer contribution costs on state-funded schools, independent schools, further education (FE) colleges and other public-funded training organisations, and universities and other Higher Education institutions (HEI) in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, including which sectors should receive additional funding from the Government. Once the consultation has closed, the Department will make an assessment on the viability of the scheme and the number of institutions participating in the scheme. The Department estimates the total cost of increased employer contributions into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme to be £1.1 billion in 2019-20. This is broken down as follows: £830 million for state-funded schools, £110 million for Independent schools, £80 million for the further education sector, and £80 million for affected universities and other HEIs.

Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

Ben Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to promote learning in prisons.

Mr David Gauke: We are making ambitious reforms to education, as set out in the ‘Education and Employment Strategy’ published in May. This means that, from next April, prison governors will have direct control of their education budgets, will decide the curriculum and will have chosen the provider(s) of their education, promoting learning that best meets the needs of their prisoners. Alongside the Prison Education Framework, we have launched a Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), with over 170 education providers offering a huge range of learning and skills. It is through the DPS that prisons will secure Information, Advice and Guidance which enables prisoners to make informed choices about their education and future employment options.

Ministry of Justice: Migrant Workers

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the £65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department.

Mr David Gauke: The UK Government currently does not plan to pay the Settled Status Fee for its non-UK EU citizen employees. The fee is set at an affordable rate (£65), less than the cost of an UK passport. Outsourced workers are not employees of the Department and therefore this would be a decision for their employers. The number of non-UK EU citizens employed across the Civil Service is not consistently collected across Government. It is therefore not possible to estimate the cost of paying the settled status fee for non-UK EU nationals employed directly by the department. We value the significant contribution made by EU citizens working in the Civil Service and we want these colleagues to continue to play a full role in the work of the Civil Service. We are committed to supporting our EU citizen employees across the Civil Service, the important engagement with EU national networks across government will continue over the coming months.

Prisons: Suicide

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to prevent suicides in prison.

Mr David Gauke: The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths and the incidence of self-harm across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody. They include:investing in over 4,300 additional staff in order to deliver consistent, purposeful regimes;improving staff knowledge and understanding of the factors known to increase risk of self-harm, to help them to identify and respond appropriately to prisoners at risk. Our revised introduction to suicide and self-harm prevention training has already reached over 24,000 staff;improving the flow, quality and use of risk information about people coming into our prisons, to support effective decision-making about risk;producing an early days toolkit to help staff enhance the support that they provide for prisoners during the first few days and weeks in custody;renewing our partnership with Samaritans by confirming a further three years’ funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme, and working with them to share learning from the ‘Coping with Life in Prisons’ project, a successful pilot initiative in which Samaritans-trained ex-prisoners delivered emotional resilience training to groups of newly-arrived prisoners; andimproving the multi-disciplinary ACCT case management process for those identified as at risk of self-harm or suicide.

Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

Jim Shannon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will hold discussions with the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government on tackling reoffending rates amongst recently-released prisoners who are made homeless immediately on release.

Mr David Gauke: Nobody should be released from prison without a roof over their head. We know that individuals are less likely to reoffend if they have a stable home to go to upon release. The Ministry of Justice is already working very closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to improve the accommodation opportunities for those with a history of offending. The two departments are also working together through their membership of the cross-government Reducing Reoffending Board and the cross-government Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Taskforce. This includes supporting the delivery of the Rough Sleeping Strategy, which was published in August 2018. As part of this Strategy, the Government is investing £6.4M in a joint pilot to support individuals who have served 12 months or less in custody, and who are at risk of being released as homeless, to secure and maintain accommodation. Since 1 October, Prisons and Probation providers have been subject to a legal ‘Duty to Refer’ anyone who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to the Local Authority. This change means that offenders will receive meaningful housing assistance at an earlier stage, irrespective of their priority need.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review

Kevin Hollinrake: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the September 2018 Government Response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report on the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Next Steps, Cm 9706, when he plans to publish the call for evidence on a technical review of Approved Document B.

Kit Malthouse: The call for evidence on a technical review of Approved Document B was published on 18 December and can be found on-line at www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidenceThe call for evidence expressly seeks evidence on the provision of sprinklers.

Building Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review

Kevin Hollinrake: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the September 2018 Government Response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report on the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Next Steps, Cm 9706, whether it is still his policy that an appropriate level of fire safety can be achieved without the need to retrofit sprinklers in high-rise buildings.

Kit Malthouse: The call for evidence on a technical review of Approved Document B was published on 18 December and can be found on-line at www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidenceThe call for evidence expressly seeks evidence on the provision of sprinklers.

High Rise Flats: Emergency Exits

Kevin Hollinrake: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require at least two staircases offering alternative means of escape in all new multiple occupancy residential high-rise buildings.

Kit Malthouse: The call for evidence on a technical review of Approved Document B was published on 18 December and can be found on-line at: www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence.The call for evidence expressly seeks evidence on means of escape in high rise residential buildings.

Service Charges

Matthew Pennycook: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2018 to Question 201700 on Letting Agents, whether the Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 Technical Group discussed the threshold of £250 consultation limit for large developments with multiple apartments under one lease at those meetings.

Mrs Heather Wheeler: The Technical Group discussed the effectiveness of section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, including the monetary thresholds that result in a consultation taking place prior to carrying out any qualifying works to a building.The Technical Group’s work and early recommendations on section 20 are being taken forward by the Regulation of Property Agent’s working group, chaired by Lord Best. This is to ensure the section 20 considerations are aligned with the wider reform agenda for both service charges and managing agents. The working group is expected to report back to government in summer 2019.

Homelessness: Domestic Violence

Chris Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect homeless women that have suffered domestic violence.

Mrs Heather Wheeler: The Government has introduced the Homelessness Reduction Act, which places a legal duty on councils to provide accommodation support to families and individuals, including women, who are vulnerable as a result of fleeing domestic abuse.Since 2014 my Department has invested £55.5 million in services to support victims of domestic abuse, including refuges, and we recently announced the successful projects from our 2018/2020 £22 million fund to support victims of domestic abuse. The fund will support 63 projects covering 254 local areas across England and will provide support to over 25,000 victims and their families, and more than 2,200 additional bed spaces in accommodation-based services, including refuges.We recognise that mainstream provision may not always meet the needs of women who sleep rough. That is why we are providing funding through the Rough Sleeping Initiative to ensure rough sleeping frontline workers receive training to support victims of domestic abuse.We are also providing funding through the Rapid Rehousing Pathway, for specific, targeted support for women. For example, a new Somewhere Safe to Stay two-hub model in Brighton will include a women only hub, delivered by domestic abuse charity partners RISE, which will focus on , tackling complex needs.We are also working across government to support vulnerable women such as with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on this year’s £15 million Tampon Tax Fund, which includes a core theme of female homelessness and rough sleeping.

Housing: Construction

Mr Marcus Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to which budgets of local authorities the New Homes Bonus can be allocated.

Mr Marcus Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the New Homes Bonus can be used for day to day local government service revenue spending.

Mr Marcus Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the New Homes Bonus can be used for local authority general revenue budget expenditure.

Mr Marcus Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many lower-tier local authorities use the New Homes Bonus for revenue spending.

Mr Marcus Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any advice and guidance has been issued to local authorities on how the New Homes Bonus can be used.

Kit Malthouse: The New Homes Bonus is un-ringfenced so authorities can choose how to allocate funding to meet local priorities, for example on frontline services or keeping council tax down, as we recognise that local authorities are in the best position to make decisions about local priorities. The Government does not monitor how local authorities utilise New Homes Bonus funding but it is expected that local authorities engage with their local communities to decide how the money is spent, so residents feel the direct benefits of growth.

Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment

Alex Sobel: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help people that are unable to find full-time employment.

Alok Sharma: Jobcentre Plus work coaches offer all claimants, including those unable to find full-time employment, a comprehensive package of support, including skills provision and job search support. Work coaches are further supported by specialist expertise, both in-house and external, to help claimants with more complex barriers to enter employment. Universal Credit is helping claimants to find work by providing an enhanced level of tailored support. This includes back to work support, such as volunteering opportunities, skills support and work experience. Claimants may also be able to access the Flexible Support Fund, which is a flexible and discretionary fund which provides non-repayable support to claimants, in financial need, to move into work.

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

Alex Sobel: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the percentage of (a) GPs and (b) other medical professionals listed on personal independence payment application forms who are contacted to obtain further medical information in relation to those applications.

Sarah Newton: The specific information requested is not available.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wood-burning Stoves: Air Pollution

Jim Shannon: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce pollution caused by wood-burning stoves.

Dr Thérèse Coffey: Domestic wood and coal burning are the single largest contributors to our harmful particulate matter (PM) emissions. These sources accounted for 38% of total PM2.5 emissions in 2015 and are forecast to account for 41% by 2020. The draft Clean Air Strategy, which we consulted on earlier this year, included plans to introduce legislation in England to phase out the most polluting domestic fuels. It also included plans to ensure that European Ecodesign standards for stoves will continue to be met, ensuring that only the cleanest stoves will be available to buy and install; and proposals for further powers for local Government in areas with an air pollution problem. The final strategy setting out our aims will be published in early 2019.

Fly-tipping: Rural Areas

Kirstene Hair: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with representatives from (a) Police Scotland and (b) the Home Office in relation to tackling fly-tipping in rural areas.

Dr Thérèse Coffey: Policies to tackle fly-tipping are devolved. No discussions have been held with Police Scotland. In England, the Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping in rural and urban areas. We are working closely with the Home Office on a range of issues in relation to rural crime, including waste crime and fly-tipping. Local authorities and the Environment Agency have a wide range of enforcement powers to tackle fly-tipping and we have recently strengthened these. In 2016 we gave local authorities the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping and enhanced local authorities’ and the Environment Agency’s ability to search and seize the vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. In November we laid regulations in Parliament to give local authorities and the Environment Agency the power to issue fixed penalty notices to householders who fail in their duty of care and pass their waste to fly-tippers. Two thirds of fly-tips involve household waste so this will help address the main source of the crime. We will also support local authorities in increasing householders’ awareness of their duty of care to ensure their waste is disposed of properly. On 18 December we published our Resources and Waste Strategy for England including a new strategic approach to prevent, detect and deter waste crime including fly-tipping. The Strategy is available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/resources-and-waste-strategy-for-england.

Clothing: Waste Disposal

Rushanara Ali: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent the destruction of unsold stock by fashion brands.

Rushanara Ali: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle the practice of the destruction of unsold stock by fashion brands and (b) encourage fashion brands to donate or repurpose that stock.

Rushanara Ali: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage fashion brands to process unsold stock in an environmentally sustainable way.

Dr Thérèse Coffey: Destroying usable stock is not condoned by the Government. In the new Resources and Waste Strategy we have committed to review and consult on measures such as extended producer responsibility (EPR) and product standards for five new waste streams by the end of 2025, two of which we plan to complete by 2022, as well as to explore options for ecolabelling. Textiles is one of the five priority areas identified for this. In addition, Defra is supporting the voluntary Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP). Signatories, representing nearly 60% of clothes sold in the UK market by volume, are working to minimise waste and reduce the environmental impacts of their products. A number of signatories work with charity partners or donate their unsold stock for reuse. For the future, as well as exploring the next phase of the SCAP post-2020, we will consider whether any other measures are needed to address this challenge.